What is with this? Why are we so obsessed with seeing such things? Sure, it’s a tale of triumph, of drama, of excitement. But it wouldn’t be if those babies hadn’t survived. Nobody wants to see a baby under a bus, or a train, or falling off an escalator if it doesn’t live.

In these days where we can see essentially anything – from tv, from the internet, whatever – something real is something we’re really interested in. Something that’s a novelty. Something that has the shock factor, being as we’re totally desensitised to scenes of war and horror. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

For me, it kind of falls into the same category as people’s obsession with reading those stories that come in books with white covers, italic writing and a sad, pastel coloured picture of a child on the front. The my-childhood-was-just-so-damn-terrible-I-have-to-tell-you-all books. It’s that desire to peer into something terrible that we know is terrible, yet we want to know about it anyway. Personally, I can’t stand those books, but where there’s a market there are those willing to share.

Babies under buses probably isn’t quite so bad, as there’s a happy ending. Unless it’s case number 3) above, as the child is now potentially to be taken away from its parents. And I still can’t settle on whether it’s normal feel-good news or just a little bit weird to watch these videos. Still, whenever I see one of those videos pop up on my homepage, I have a look. Wouldn’t you?